Siphon-bottle filler.



PATENTED AUG. 25, 1903 0. M. EARL. SIPHON BOTTLE FILLER.

.APPLIOATION I ILED FEB. 16. 1903.

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PATENTED AUG. 25-, 1903.

C. M. EARL.

SIPHON BOTTLE 'FILIIER. unto/man nun ran; 16. 1903.

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UNITED STATES CHARLES M. EARL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO Patented August 25, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

BERTRAM "G. EARL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SI'PHONI-BOTTQLE FILL-ER.

SPECIFICATION forming an a Letters Patent Np. 736,945, dated August 25, 1903. Application tiled February 16, I903. derial No. 143,538." (No model.)

T0 at whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARL S M. EARL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county ofWayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Siphon-Bottle Fillers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a combined siphonbottle filler, gin-fizz and ginger-ale maker; and its object is to provide a device in which the means for filling the bottle and drawing the seltzer-water for the different drinks are so combined and arranged that a very cheap, compact, and efiective device is secured.

It is also an object of the invention to provide the filler with means for catching the snift or exhaust in filling the siphon-bottle and with means for preventing the accumu lation of gas on top of the water within the filler and supply-pipe; and a further object is to provide suitable means in making ginger-ale, &c., for drawing the water into a glass or bottle containing the syrup in such a manner as to prevent foaming.

To this end the invention consists in pro- I viding a globular valve-casing formed with a passage leading from the supply-pipe to a discharge-tube at the top of the casing, said passage being controlled by a valve closed by the pressure of the liquid and also formed with an opening in the side into which is screwed a faucet having a downwardly-projecting nozzle; and the invention also consists in providing a tube which is bent laterally near one end and provided with means for its attachment to the nozzle of the faucet.

The invention further .consists in providing a chambered packing-nut inclosing the discharge-tube and in forming the casing with a passage communicating with the chamber of said nut 'to draw off the s ift and in providing the casingwith an enlarged chamber into which the supply-pipe opens; and the invention also consists in the particular arrangement, construction, and combination of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure lie a perspective view of a device embodying my invention in position for use. Fig. 2 is a section on the line a: a: of Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 y of Fig. 2.

As represented in the drawings, A is a globular valve-casing formed with a downwardly-extending hollow cylindrical portion forming a chamber A, and opening directly into this chamber is the supply-pipe B, which is secured to a screw-threaded nipple on the casing at one end and is connected to the supply-fountain at its opposite end.

The casing A is bored inward from one side at A and a valve-seat C provided at the inner endof the bore for the valve C, the stem 0 of which extends outward through the op posite side of said casing, where it is provided with a head. The outer end of the stem is of greater diameter than the inner portion, thus forming a shoulder thereon, and a packing-ring C is provided to engage this shoulder and the bore for the stern and prevent leakage around the same. The valve C consists of a screw having a large head faced with leather or other suitable material to engage the seat and'a screw-threaded shank to engage a screw-threaded opening in the end of the stem.

At the top of the casing Ais formed an externally-screW-threaded boss D, from the axis of which extends outward a small nozzle or tube D, the bore of which is'extendedl inward, meeting the bore of the valve-stein adjacent to the'valve to form a passage for the water, and the bore A at the opposite side of the valve is connected with the chamber A by a passage A so that said chamber and bore A are always full of the water under pressure from the supply-pipe B, which water will be discharged through said tube D when the valve is opened. A chambered packing-nut E is internally screw-threaded to engage the boss D and is provided with a chamber E, into which the discharge-tube D extends, said chamber communicating,

through the ducts E", with an annular passage E formed half in the nut and half in the casing where the nut seats thereon, and said passage communicates, through a duct E extending downward through the casing, with a rubber tube F, leading to any suitable receptacle. On the upper end of said nut E is a cap G, having an axial opening to receive the nozzle of a siphon-bottle, and a packing-ring G is interposed between the cap and nut to engage the said nozzle and prevent leakage around the same. A packingring H is sleeved on the discharge-tube D and is held in place thereon by a ledge H on the nut E, said packing H forming a seat for the nozzle of the bottle and preventing the escape of the water while the bottle is being filled.

Screwed into and closing the outer end of the bore A is the arm I of the faucet-casing I, which is formed with a downwardly-extending nozzle portion I and the passage through which casing is controlled by a valve 1 provided with a screw-stem 1 extending upward through a suitable packing-nut and provided with a hand-wheel at its outer end.

J is a tube provided with an enlarged end, which is screw-threaded to receive a packingnut J and provided with an integral handle J to facilitate the engagement of the nut with the lower end of the nozzle 1 and detachably secure the tube thereto, and said tube is bent laterally at J so that when itis inserted in a glass or bottle the water issuing from said tube will be directed against the wall of such receptacle, and the foaming caused by discharging aerated water directly into a syrup will be prevented.

To fill a siphon-bottle, the nozzle of said bottle is inserted in the opening in the cap G and pressed inward against the packing H. The valve 0 is there opened by pressing inward on the head of the stem to allow the seltzer water to pass up through the discharge-tube D into the bottle, and when the bottle is full the valve 0 is released, which valve is at once closed by the pressure of the liquid. By the closing of the valve 0 a quantity of the water will be trapped between said valve and the valve of the bottle, and to prevent this snift, so called, from blowing out when the bottle is removed the chamber E is provided, the snift passing into this chamber as soon as the nozzle of the bottle is moved out of contact with the packing H and'before it has been entirely withdrawn from the chamber. From the chamber the snift or overflow is conducted by the ducts and tube to any suitable receptacle, thus saving the Water which would otherwise be wasted and preventing the wetting of the operator and apparatus.

In practice it is found that where seltzer or similar water is confined in a small passage the gases will separate therefrom and rise to the top; but in a larger body of water they do not do so. Therefore to prevent the gas from col looting on top of the water in the supply-pipe and rushing into the bottle ahead of the water when the valve is opened the chamber A is provided, which chamber will contain a suflicient body of water to prevent such separation.

In mixing gin-fiz and similar drinks the faucet I is used to draw the seltzer-water, and in making such drinks as ginger-ale the tube J is attached to the nozzle of the faucet.

A very efficient device is thus secured, which may be attached by its supporting-lugs in any convenient position to the bar or counter, will take up but little space, and combines the means for making the several kinds of drinks in a simple and convenient manner.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination with a casing having a transverse bore, a passage leading from said bore, and an enlarged chamber below the bore communicating therewith, of a supplypipe opening into said chamber, a valve-seat v formed in the bore between the passage and the opening into the chamber, a valve to engage said seat and having a stem extending outward and closing one end of the bore, a faucet secured within the opposite end of said bore and closing the same, a packingnut having a chamber into the axis of which the passage leading from said transverse bore opens, a seat and a packing-washer in said nut to engage a siphon-bottle nozzle, ducts leading from said chamber to conduct the snift therefrom and a tube communicating with said ducts.

2. In a siphon-bottle filler, the combination of a casing having a valve-controlled passage, a boss on said casing, a discharge-tube in the axis of said boss into which tube the passage opens, a packing-nut on said boss formed with a chamber and an annular passage at itsseat communicating with said chamber by a duct also formed in the nut, a tube communicating with said annular passage, a cap for the not having an opening to receive the nozzle of a siphon-bottle, a packing-ring on said nut to engage the nozzle, and a packingring on said discharge-tube to form a seat for the end of the nozzle.

3. The combination with a casing having an enlarged chamber at its lower side, a bore extending inward from one side with which said chamber communicates, a passage leading upward from the inner end of said bore, a seat for a packing-nut in which seat is formed one half of an annular passage anda passage leading downward through one side of the casing from said annular passage; a supply-pipe opening into the chamber of said casing, a valve at the inner end of the bore to close the upwardly-extending passage and having a stem extending outward through the casing; a screw-threaded boss on said casing, a discharge-tube in the'axis of said boss, a packing-ring sleeved on said tube, a chambered nut to engage the boss and the seat on the casing and having formed therein the other half of the annular passage and ducts leading from said passage to its chamber, a cap on said packing-nut having an axial opening, a packing-ring between the cap and nut,

and a tube connected with the outer end of 10 the passages in the casing leading from the annular passage.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES M. EARL.

Witnesses:

OTTO F. BARTHEL, THOMAS G. LONGSTAFF. 

